Jay-Z Puts Career on Hold for Parenthood

The MC also recently came out in support of gay marriage and Obama's stance on it

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Jay-Z is taking a break from recording music to spend time with his new daughter Blue Ivy.

If you're itching for a new Jay-Z record, you can go and brush your shoulders — er, copy of "The Blueprint" — off, for now anyway.

Hov told CNN he won't be heading back into the recording booth anytime soon.

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He's too smitten with fatherhood, now that he's become a proud parent with wife Beyoncé to daughter Blue Ivy.

"I thought I'd be really motivated with all the things that are happening and all the change — you know, the child in my life now — to get back in the studio. But I find that I'm really just motivated to just be with her," he told CNN.

The MC also recently said he agrees with President Barack Obama's recent announcement of his support for gay marriage — an announcement that could prove a watershed moment for hip-hop, which historically is less than gay-friendly.

"I've always thought of it as something that was still holding the country back," Jay-Z told CNN of the fact that gay marriage isn't legal throughout the U.S. "It's discrimination plain and simple."

Published at 12:31 PM PDT on May 16, 2012 | Updated at 12:33 PM PDT on May 16, 2012